Making it Yours 8A: Leather Chesterfield

Here is the first look in the eighth edition of Making it Yours. I like to imagine a story arc for each step in the series…

Tom is an English lit professor in his early forties who has put a lot of thought into his home. He loves his living room, but his boyfriend, a vegan, is moving in. Thus the leather has to go! (The brindle, too, but he’s moving that to his office.) Tom’s younger sister, Frances, has been making do with a sad little sofa that has seen better days, so she’s the lucky recipient of the leather chesterfield. We’ll see it in her decidedly feminine space next.

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37 comments

  • Wow, talk about a money green leather sofa :)

  • I love this concept. It helps to see the same piece in different styles, and unlock it’s potential. You just had me trolling kijiji for a leather sofa!

  • Your Mother

    I love these, and your story lines.

  • Kelly

    My advice to Tom: dump the boyfriend and keep that gorgeous sofa! Men are a dime a dozen, but a sofa like that will last a lifetime. :)

  • I love the way that you manage to imagine a space in a totally different way to how you yourself would decorate! I would never want a room like this – but it looks perfect for the character you’ve created.

  • I’m with Lena! My first thought was “Ooh! How nice! I wonder what new couch Tom and the vegan BF will get? Will the vegan BF bring one from his cute little apartment, or is he still holding on to that cast-off of his aunt’s that he’s had since college (much like Frances…)?”
    Do tell!

  • I love it! I was so excited when I saw you were featuring that couch. I lust over it in the Anthro catalog.

  • Brook

    I’m so excited, a new MIY! This couch! I can’t wait for the next one!

  • laura

    I love Making it Yours!

  • I love this” Making it Yours” series that you do. They’re so creative-the storylines are intriquing, the rooms so great. Might you be able to parlay this idea into something bigger?? Like even another separate website? As if you don’t already have enough on your plate:). Anyway I just love them and can’t wait for the next installment.

  • I LOVE this room! Your MIY series are the best.

  • Sarah K

    Yay! Another MIY series. I love these.
    I have to agree with Lena – now I really want to see the living room after the vegan boyfriend moves in. A spin-off would be great.
    I also can’t wait to see the chesterfield in a feminine space.

  • To be honest, all I want to see now is the living room after the vegan boyfriend moves in- maybe you could do a split version and show this as well as the younger sisters living room:-)

  • Love it! I’d love that sofa in a caramel colour or dark navy. Is that the same lamp you have?

  • Best yet, no question. I was day dreaming about that pendant lamp just the other day. I can’t wait to see the Chesterfield in a feminine room!

    • A

      I actuallly saw the pendant in person the day after I posted this, and it was even better than I had imagined. It made me want to find a space in my house to use it.

  • I love the renovation of your MIY series! I have also immensely enjoyed having more of your writing in the posts.

  • Tom must have a hell of a salary! And they say English degrees never pay…

    Also, that rug is amazing.

  • Great room, love the pendant lamp. My man would almost definitely let me decorate his man-cave like this ;)

  • Lucky Frances! I’m looking forward to seeing her space.

  • I like the stories you make up as much as your designs.

  • Danielle

    Love that sofa! And that cowhide chair?! *swoon*

  • Love this! Can’t wait to see more!

  • It’s not easy being green . . . but it is OH SO WORTH IT!

  • that pillow is adorable!

  • I’ll take it! That is my dream sofa.

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